By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor
STOCKTON — The Delaware River Scenic Byway (DRSB) — Route 29 from Trenton to Frenchtown — is New Jersey’s first scenic byway.
It received national designation in October 2009.
Originally, however, the Delaware River Scenic Byway was designated as a scenic byway by New Jersey in 1996.
It offers “spectacular views of the Delaware River while traveling from Trenton through the historic riverside towns of Titusville, Lambertville, Stockton and Raven Rock, ending at Frenchtown. Route 29 is located on the east side of the Delaware River, parallel to the Delaware and Raritan feeder canal for most of its length,” according to the Delaware River Scenic Byway website.
DRSB Administrator Edie Sharp said the national designation helps promote sustainable economic growth “by embracing the intrinsic qualities and resources of the area.”
A DRSB Byway Guide is slated for publication in October 2012.
This new guide will include the DRSB map listing historic sites and recreational points on the byway.
The guide also will include the Delaware River Water Trail map.
There is still time for area businesses to be listed in the guide under the categories of lodging, food and dining, things to do, entertainment, arts and crafts, antiques and visitor resources.
Pennsylvania businesses near or at connecting bridges also are being included in the guide and sponsors are being accepted for the publication.
”The more support the more guides we can print,” said Ms. Sharp.
Scenic byways help to protect, improve and promote the region. Scenic byways do not supersede local zoning, but provide additional preservation protection and project funding by attaining national byway designation.
For more information or to receive a copy of the DRSB newsletter. email [email protected] or call 609-397-3586.
The Delaware River Greenway Partnership (DRGP) is responsible for the national designation of the Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River, the Heritage Trail mapping and website, the Delaware River Water Trail planning, mapping, website and signs, and numerous restoration and ecological assessment projects and educational programs.

